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Bernice Violanthe Robinson was born on February 7, 1914, in Charleston, South Carolina to Martha Elizabeth (née Anderson) and James C. Robinson. [1] [2] [3] Martha, sister to Septima Clark′s mother, was a seamstress and James was a bricklayer. Robinson was the ninth and youngest child in the family and attended Simonton Elementary School.
Cecil J. Williams (born 1937), began photographing the origin of the civil rights movement in Clarendon County, and Orangeburg, South Carolina; and at eleven years old, beginning with Thurgood Marshall, arriving by train in Charleston, South Carolina to argue the Briggs v. Elliott case. His collection of nearly one million film images is ...
The museum holds 14 historical exhibits consisting of 1000 photographs and over 300 artifacts [2] concerning the civil rights movement in South Carolina during the 1950s through 1970. [3] The exhibits focus of major events, such as the Briggs v.
A display is seen at the museum created by South Carolina civil rights photographer Cecil Williams, the only civil rights museum in the state, on Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023, in Orangeburg, South Carolina.
Lucille Whipper was born on June 6, 1928, in Charleston, South Carolina. [1] She was the daughter of Joseph Simmons and Sarah Washington, a couple who separated when Whipper was young. [ 2 ] Growing up, Whipper spent her time in North Charleston and in the Liberty Hill section of east Charleston. [ 3 ]
Harriet McBryde Johnson was born in eastern North Carolina, July 8, 1957, in Laurinburg, one of five children by David and Ada Johnson. Her parents were college teachers. [ 1 ] She was a feisty child: A quote from her sister said that "Harriet tried to get an abusive teacher fired; the start of her hell raising."
Septima Poinsette Clark (May 3, 1898 – December 15, 1987) was an African American educator and civil rights activist.Clark developed the literacy and citizenship workshops that played an important role in the drive for voting rights and civil rights for African Americans in the Civil Rights Movement. [1]
Robert Purvis (August 4, 1810 – April 15, 1898) was an American abolitionist in the United States. He was born in Charleston, South Carolina, and was likely educated at Amherst Academy, a secondary school in Amherst, Massachusetts.